Universities Press, 1999 - 104 pages
This book explains what a supercomputer is and why such a machine is needed to solve challenging problems in science and engineering. The architecture of super computers which distinguishes them from other computers is explained and the need to vectorise programs to make effective use of supercomputers is brought out.
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algorithm answer book ANUPAM architecture arithmetic operations array bandwidth benchmarks buffer cache coherence called chapter clock components computing elements configuration Cray Cray-T90 series data parallel data transfer Distributed shared memory equations execution floating point Fortran 90 Fortran program gigaflops grading grid high performance computers High Performance Fortran high speed large number LINPACK loop main memory mant manufactured megaflop rating megaflops memory computer message passing multicomputer method node number of processors operating system optimized pair of operands parallel computers parallel machines parallel programming parallel supercomputers PARAM peak speed pipelined adder pipelined arithmetic unit problem puters Scalar registers secondary memory simulation simultaneously solve speed of computers speedup SPMD stored subroutine supercom switch taken task graph temporal parallelism vector computers vector instructions vector operands Vector pipelined vector processing Vector registers vector supercomputers vectorizable workstations